Dinâmica urbano-territorial e crescimento econômico na fronteira da Amazônia paraense: uma perspectiva histórica

Abstract

This article draws a historical analysis of the effects of insertion of Para Amazon in the international and national context through the actions of international policy coordination and integration on national socio-spatial formation of the Amazon Pará, main lyhigh lighting the dynamic urban-territorial there of. The periodization adopted to describe and analyze the process of space-occupying the territory of Pará economy does not follow the criterion of traditional product cycles, such as the cycle of drugs the hinterlands, rubber, miningranching, butthe criterion of identifying the key characteristics of settlement patterns and economic developmentin the socio-economic space determinations involving the formation of the national market and international market with the mediation of the state.The main conclusion is that the recent urbanization of Brazilian Amazonia reflects, in part, a continuation of the growth of the cities of Belém and Manaus, each becominga center of a large metropolitan are a that radiatesits economic and cultural impact on citiescloser.